According to Deep Tide TechFlow news and reports from The Block, the latest documents show that shortly before being included in the Nasdaq 100 stock index, Microstrategy's board increased its members by 3, bringing the total number of board members to 9.
Documents show that the new board members include Brian Brooks, Jane Dietze, and Gregg Winiarski, all of whom have experience working at large companies dealing with digital assets. Each board member will receive equity valued at $2 million, half in options and the other half in RSUs, which will vest over four years.
Brian Brooks served as CEO of Binance.US, the American branch of the global Binance exchange, from May 2021 to August 2021, and was also the Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase from September 2018 to March 2020.
Jane Dietze has served as Chief Investment Officer at Brown University since July 2018, overseeing the Ivy League school's $7.2 billion endowment fund. Since February 2022, Dietze has also been a board member of Galaxy Digital, a digital asset company founded by Mike Novogratz.
Gregg Winiarski has served as Chief Legal Officer of the athletic apparel and collectibles company Fanatics since February 2023. Winiarski was a senior advisor at Fanatics from August 2021 until he took the top legal position in February 2023.